Series
Prospero and Roger Bacon
John Bellairs · 1 novel · 1 short story · 1969–2009
The Face in the Frost, John Bellairs's only adult fantasy novel, follows two aging wizards, Prospero and Roger Bacon, as they track down a rising magical evil that has started to unravel the world around them. Ursula K. Le Guin praised how quickly the book tips from whimsy into genuine nightmare and back; it stands alone rather than launching a series, unlike the children's books Bellairs is now best known for.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Map
Prospero and Roger Bacon at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
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By decade
- 1960s1
- 1970s0
- 1980s0
- 1990s0
- 2000s1
Shape
1 novel · 1 short story
1 author · completed series
reads like:fantasywizardssecondary worldtimeless or unspecifieddarkadult
Mood
Too few works here carry a tone to place this series.
the catalog’s own centre, waiting for company1 of 2 works carry a tone